BUDDHA'S LITTLE FINGER
synopsis
It is the 1991 coup in the Soviet Union. Pyotr Voyd, a young gangster awakes in the notorious prison of Lubyanka, captured by the KGB. During the interrogation process he loses his memory and believes that he is a Russian Revolutionary poet in 1919 where he joins the real-life Red Army hero Vasily Chapayev and his sidekick machine gunner Anna.
international title: | Buddha's Little Finger |
original title: | Buddha's Little Finger |
country: | Germany, Canada, Russia |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Tony Pemberton |
film run: | 84' |
release date: | DE 06/08/2015 |
screenplay: | Tony Pemberton, William Jennings |
cast: | Toby Kebbell, Karine Vanasse, Stipe Erceg, Christoph Bach, Ivan Shvedoff |
cinematography by: | Stéphanie-Anne Weber-Biron |
film editing: | Anja Siemens, Elisabeth Tremblay |
art director: | Tobias Frank |
costumes designer: | Sandra Klaus |
producer: | Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Martin Paul-Hus |
co-producer: | Frank Evers, Helge Neubronner, Andreas Eicher |
production: | Rohfilm GmbH, cine plus Filmproduktion, Amerique Film |
backing: | Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), SODEC, Telefilm Canada, Media Development Programme |
distributor: | Farbfilm Verleih GmbH |